Timeline for new French, German and Spanish GCSEs

The best way to stay informed of these developments over the coming months and years is to sign up for my monthly languages email updates.

• Subject Advisor e-updates sign-up form

Please note that any delays in the Ofqual accreditation process may impact on this timeline.

Throughout the development and accreditation process, we will be keeping you updated and continuing to provide relevant training and support materials.

Teachers are advised to continue to teach KS3 students in the normal way for the time being. The same overall language skills, grammar and cultural awareness will continue to be relevant in forming strong foundations for them as linguists and in fostering their enthusiasm to continue with their language studies at GCSE.

New KS3 front-of-class vocab-building resources for Dynamo, ¡Viva! (Segunda edición) and Stimmt! will be published in autumn 2022, with new phonics resources released from autumn 2022 through to spring 2023 - all designed to lay foundations for the new 2024 GCSE.

• Explore free samples of the new front-of-class resources

For the full details of the subject content, please read the consultation responses and outcomes:

• DfE subject content review government consultation response
• Ofqual assessment of revised qualifications in GCSE MFL decisions